As China legalizes Xinjiang “re-education camps,” Weibo netizens cheer on
Global Voices, October 23, 2018
Xinjiang authorities jail prominent Uyghur television host
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2018
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Xinjiang (新疆)
Access to Justice (司法公正)
Small victory for lead poisoning victims in China: Government harassment, weak environmental laws hamper justice efforts
Human Rights Watch, October 22, 2018
Access to Information (信息公开)
Chinese experts “filtered” trade war advice to Beijing policymakers
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2018
New Chinese blockchain regulations raise censorship concerns
China Digital Times, October 22, 2018
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China requires blockchain-based information service providers to register users using real names, censor postings and store user data
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2018
中国严控教师言论 学校育人还是管人？ (China’s tight control over what teachers can say: Are schools educating or regulating people?)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2018
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
無法迴避的浪潮 中國#MeToo調查全記錄 (The tide we must face: A full record of China’s #MeToo investigations)
The Initium, October 23, 2018
声援工人维权 北大学生岳昕失踪 (Peking University student missing after arrest for supporting Jaisic protests)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2018
China’s #MeToo claim costs university professor his job
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2018
Trade union congress opens amid widespread labor unrest in China
China Labour Bulletin, October 22, 2018
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Swiss bank discourages China travel after banker is kept in Beijing
The New York Times, October 22, 2018
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Citigroup asks private bankers to rethink China travel
Bloomberg, October 23, 2018
国资入主民资后，公司治理发生怎样变化？(After injection of state capital, what changes have occurred in corporate governance in private companies?)
Financial Times, October 23, 2018
Hong Kong (香港)
涉搶女 EO 電話案 許智峯提堂否認襲擊等三控罪 (Legislator Ted Hui appears in court for “phone-snatching” case, denies all 3 charges)
The Stand News, October 23, 2018
习近平南下出席港珠澳大桥开通仪式：大湾区发展下香港面对的危与机 (Xi Jinping attends Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge opening ceremony: The dangers and opportunities Hong Kong faces in Greater Bay Area development)
BBC News, October 23, 2018
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Hong Kong playwright Yan Pat-to denied entry to Macau on grounds of jeopardizing public security
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2018
In Pictures: Mui Wo residents take to the beach in protest of Lantau reclamation plan
Hong Kong Free Press, October 22, 2018
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Stop Lantau reclamation, say dolphin activists, after mega-bridge marine park deemed “useless”
Hong Kong Free Press, October 23, 2018
Calls to “end one-party rule” could lead to future election bans, says pro-Beijing politician Rita Fan
Hong Kong Free Press, October 23, 2018
Hong Kong-based international firms hit back at Law Society’s plans to close loophole allowing foreign lawyers to practise
South China Morning Post, October 23, 2018
港智能身份证恐沦为监控工具 (New HKID card might become tool for surveillance)
Radio Free Asia, October 22, 2018
【九西補選】李卓人、劉小麗到簡介會質問選舉主任 遭保安暴力抬走 (Lee Cheuk-yan and ousted legislator Lau Siu-lai removed from candidates’ briefing session for challenging disqualification)
Inmediahk.net, October 22, 2018
Hong Kong Legco by-election candidate Lee Cheuk-yan ejected from poll briefing over anti-disqualification protest
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2018
Commentary (评论)
To Beijing: Don’t hold Hong Kong too tight if you want “one country, two systems” to succeed
Hong Kong Free Press, October 23, 2018
什么样的慈善组织最能吸引企业捐赠？ (What kind of charities are best at attracting corporate funding in China?)
CNPolitics, October 23, 2018
中國「男子漢訓練營」背後：變遷中的性別審美，與國家的中性焦慮 (Behind China’s “masculinity training camps”: Shifting gender aesthetics and state anxiety over "neuterizing")
The Initium, October 22, 2018
#MeToo movement in China: Powerful yet fragile
Al Jazeera, October 22, 2018
Any changes to rules for Hong Kong lawyers must be in the public interest
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2018
Monday, October 22, 2018
Xinjiang (新疆)
From denial to pride: how China changed its language on Xinjiang's camps
The Guardian, October 22, 2018
新疆“去极端化”：官员鼓励吃汉餐 (Xinjiang’s de-extremification: Uyghur officials urge Muslims to eat Han cuisine, claim “halal” is “extremist thought”)
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2018
CCTV airs program on Xinjiang’s “vocational training centers”: Criticism and Weibo responses
What’s On Weibo, October 19, 2018
Exile leaders slam China claims of “voluntary vocational training” for detained Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2018
Access to Justice (司法公正)
709王全璋案：代理律师刘卫国退出案件代理 (Wang Quanzhang’s lawyer withdraws from case due to injury)
Radio France Internationale, October 21, 2018
广州女律师遭警“裸羞”案：证人被抓丈夫被消声 (Human rights lawyer’s police abuse case: Witnesses detained, husband’s Weixin permanently banned)
Voice of America, October 21, 2018
Two held amid “riots” after forced eviction, detentions in China's Jiangsu
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2018
Access to Information (信息公开)
How the Chinese censors highlight fundamental flaws in academic publishing
Made in China Journal, October 21, 2018
Chill and fear in Chinese classrooms as students are recruited to report teachers with “radical” opinions
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2018
China Continues to Boost Xi Thought, Stifle Others
China Digital Times, October 20, 2018
欧亚经济论坛公报在中国压力之下删除敏感内容 (Euro-Asia Economic Forum amends public statement due to pressure from China)
Voice of America, October 19, 2018
Citizen Participation (公民参与)
身陷囹圄的七位中国民主党人获评为“中国杰出民主人士” (Seven jailed Chinese democrats given “outstanding democracy activist” awards)
Radio Free Asia, October 21, 2018
Detained Interpol chief Meng Hongwei’s wife says “everybody in China is at risk,” as she refuses to meet Beijing officials alone
Associated Press, October 20, 2018
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专访孟宏伟妻子：孟宏伟被查是“残酷、肮脏”的政治迫害 (Video interview with Grace Meng: Meng Hongwei’s investigation is “cruel, dirty” political persecution)
BBC News, October 19, 2018
“Stop bullying Taiwan”: Tens of thousands rally in Taipei for independence vote
Hong Kong Free Press, October 20, 2018
Outcry as Chinese police chief accused of detaining primary school teacher for punishing his daughter
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2018
Government Accountability (政府问责)
Beijing's top man in Macau falls to his death: Zheng Xiaosong “suffered from depression”
Standard, October 22, 2018
Xi makes instruction on work of Party committees’ general offices
Sina English, October 21, 2018
中央环保督察指河南省一些地区环保问责存在水分 (False reports discovered in Henan environmental monitoring: pollution standards not met, non-compliance not enforced)
Legal Daily, October 20, 2018
“Arrogant and high handed”: Taiwan blames China over Interpol snub
Agence France-Presse, October 20, 2018
Mike Pompeo warns Panama and other nations about accepting China’s “belt and road” loans
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2018
Two die in violent clash over Chinese home demolition order
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2018
China tries internet czar, “Father of Great Firewall” for bribery
Radio Free Asia, October 19, 2018
ICTs and Human Rights (信息技术与人权)
Apple CEO urges Bloomberg to retract Chinese spy chip story
Reuters, October 20, 2018
Google wants China. Will Chinese users want Google?
Wired, October 19, 2018
National Security & Counterterrorism (国家安全和反恐)
Canada installs Chinese underwater monitoring devices next to U.S. nuclear submarine base
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2018
Hong Kong (香港)
We followed law on Mallett, says Lam
The Standard, October 22, 2018
Hong Kong’s leader: I’ve been a victim of cyberbullying over Lantau reclamation scheme, and so has Andy Lau
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2018
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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam bulldozes ahead with Lantau Island reclamation idea...but at what cost?
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2018
Social activist kicked out of Hong Kong finally returns to city after 46 years, and says “need to speak truth to power” is as great as ever
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2018
Is Beijing tightening its control over Hong Kong? State Council office’s evolving role tells a lot
South China Morning Post, October 21, 2018
【民族黨禁運作】稱老師可平衡分析「港獨」好處壞處 楊潤雄：但一定要帶出「港獨」不可行信息 (Education Bureau Chief: Teachers may give balanced assessment if students ask about independence, but must conclude independence is legally and historically impossible)
Ming Pao, October 21, 2018
I didn’t get a day off from prison kitchen for 5 months, says former Hong Kong inmate who claims human rights were breached
South China Morning Post, October 20, 2018
Media chief to sue Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily over altered quote of Beijing official
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2018
姚松炎DQ案獲豁免訟費 政府上訴 (DOJ appeals against court decision that ousted lawmaker Edward Yiu does not need to pay costs of disqualification case)
The Stand News, October 19, 2018
Commentary (评论)
In the technology race to develop AI, the U.S. and China can, and must, work together
South China Morning Post, October 22, 2018
Why detained dissidents in China “confess” – and why you would too
Hong Kong Free Press, October 21, 2018
Hong Kong’s election bans: How Beijing’s shifting definition of “separatism” snared another victim
Hong Kong Free Press, October 20, 2018
China accused of mass cyber spying—but working out the truth is just the start of the problem
Hong Kong Free Press, October 20, 2018
In India and China, #MeToo has much further to go
South China Morning Post, October 19, 2018
【專訪】Keith Richburg: 驅逐記者，標誌這個曾經開放自由的偉大城市在崩壞 (Interview with Keith Richburg: Exiling journalists is the sign that this once open and free great city is crumbling)
The Stand News, October 19, 2018
Friday, October 19, 2018
Xinjiang (新疆)
China state paper accuses west of double standards on Xinjiang
Reuters, October 19, 2018
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China fiercely defends crackdown in Xinjiang
China Digital Times, October 18, 2018
Uyghur Americans speak against China’s internment camps. Their relatives disappear
The New York Times, October 18, 2018
China sugar restrictions in Xinjiang hit Uyghur bakeries hard
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2018
Ex-Chinese internment camp detainee denied U.S. visa despite Congress invitation
Associated Press, October 18, 2018
Access to Justice (司法公正)
质疑警员受包庇 孙世华提起行政诉讼 (Human rights lawyer Sun Shihua brings administrative litigation case for assault by police officers, authorities refuse to disclose CCTV footage)
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2018
China tries website editor for refusing to comply with delete request
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2018
Xinjiang authorities detain prominent Uyghur journalist in political “re-education camp”
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2018
Access to Information (信息公开)
Hong Kong media boss says he “did not misquote” China propaganda chief
Hong Kong Free Press, October 18, 2018
A simple guide to Xi Jinping Thought? Here’s how China’s official media tried to explain it
South China Morning Post, October 18, 2018
China's ruling Communist Party wages ideological war on university campuses
Radio Free Asia, October 18, 2018
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